Buttock Lift

Lifting of a dropped (ptosed) bottom can be combined with an increase or decrease in size and projection.

To refashion a bottom, reshaping of the lateral thighs with lifting and/or liposuction must be considered as a total procedure.

Firstly, please read about this procedure in detail as prepared by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr Harper being a member. Then return to this site to see results.

Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons Website: www.plasticsurgery.org.au

Procedure of Buttock Lift:

Performed in hospital under a general anaesthetic: 3 ½ to 4 hour procedure. Two day stay in hospital, then mobilised, walking over next week, driving car/ work by two weeks. Liposuction performed to upper back rolls and to lateral thighs to produce a perfect and harmonious hip, thigh and buttock curves.

This patient requested buttock and lateral thigh lift with increase in size of her buttocks. Liposuction was performed to lumbar fat rolls and to decrease the “riding breeches” deformity of lateral thighs.

Patient 2:
Massive weight loss (100kg) after gastric plication.

Patient requested a buttock and lateral thigh lift with no increase in size of buttocks and no liposuction to back and hips.

Complications of surgery:

Serious complications with this surgery are very uncommon.

General Risks of Surgery:

• Wound infection — not common; treatment with antibiotics may be needed, or even removal of the implant.
• Bruising and swelling — usually sub- sides in one or two weeks but some- times can take up to a month or more.
• Bleeding from the wound.
• Poor or slow healing of the skin and breast tissue, even possible wound breakdown.
• A chest infection may develop after a general anaesthetic.
• Heart and circulation problems — a blood clot (thrombosis), heart attack or stroke; a blood clot can move to the lung and cause a pulmonary embolism, which can be life threatening.
• Breathing difficulties — due to the general anaesthetic or the endotracheal tube, which can cause swelling. noisy breathing and discomfort.
• Abnormal scarring from the incision — if the scar is unattractive and too big, additional surgery may be needed to try to improve it, though no guarantees can be given.
• Keloid lumpy scar tissue which is pink, raised and irregularly shaped; it may be itchy and tender for many months but will usually fade and settle over the following 18 to 24 months.

Specific complications of a buttock lift:

1. Tiredness/weakness remaining over weeks, caused by a general anaesthetic. Will settle.
2. Vague aches/discomfort in buttocks, settles.
3. Differences in symmetry between left and right buttocks – minimal , later corrected by liposuction if necessary.
4. Assymetry of incision lines, in height, position and shape
5. Small areas of varied breakdown, discharge, bleeding. Dressings, washing in shower, settles quickly.
6. Surgical Scar: The scars are conspicuous, however, hidden by bikini. May become thickened and wide. However over 12 months will go white.

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